Chilling video footage has emerged showing a man being shoved onto the subway tracks in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood—right into the path of an oncoming train. The dramatic incident occurred on New Year’s Eve at the 8th Street subway station, and it’s nothing short of a miracle that the victim survived.
The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Kamel Hawkins of Brooklyn, was quickly apprehended by New York City Transit Police thanks to surveillance footage. Hawkins has been charged with attempted murder and assault and is being held without bail at the Eric M. Taylor Center. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. Authorities confirmed that the victim, 45-year-old Joseph Lynskey, did not know his attacker.
Witnesses and law enforcement alike have marveled at Lynskey’s survival. Video shows Hawkins creeping up behind him and violently pushing him off the platform as a train barreled into the station. Remarkably, Lynskey fell into the trench between the tracks, avoiding the deadly impact.
“By God’s own hand, he fell perfectly in the trench,” a law enforcement source told the New York Post. Lynskey suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs, and a ruptured spleen but was listed in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital. City Council member Erik Bottcher echoed the sentiment, saying, “If you look at the video, you wonder how he could have survived, so against all odds, he is going to survive.”
A man was just randomly pushed in front of a NYC Subway train, on Hochul’s “safe subway” system.
He is in critical condition, but alive.
This insanity has to stop! https://t.co/I831QcEzV0
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) December 31, 2024
Hawkins has a history of violent behavior. In October, he was accused of harassing a woman in Brooklyn, damaging her front door, and throwing bleach at her in her building’s stairwell. Despite these serious allegations, Hawkins was released on his own recognizance due to New York’s lenient bail policies. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office stated that the charges were not bail-eligible under current laws. Hawkins is scheduled to appear in court for these allegations later this month.
Hawkins’ criminal history also includes a 2019 arrest for assaulting an NYPD officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. Critics of New York’s no-bail policies argue that such leniency emboldens repeat offenders like Hawkins, jeopardizing public safety.
One witness described Hawkins’ suspicious behavior before the attack: “I actually got a very weird vibe from him. He had a face mask on, his hood up, and made eye contact with me. I just immediately sat down on the bench.” Another commuter shared the chaotic scene after the attack: “The subway stopped abruptly, and we waited for 10 minutes, confused. Then the conductor said we had to evacuate because there was a man under the train.”
This incident highlights growing concerns about subway safety in New York City. Just days earlier, the Guardian Angels announced they would patrol subways to deter crime, following a string of violent incidents, including the tragic death of a woman set on fire by an illegal immigrant. The latest attack has reignited calls for stricter enforcement and a reevaluation of bail reform laws.
While the investigation into Hawkins’ motives continues, the shocking nature of the crime and the victim’s miraculous survival have left New Yorkers grappling with questions about safety and justice in their city. For now, Joseph Lynskey’s recovery stands as a testament to resilience in the face of unimaginable danger.
Soon to be featured in Global Travelogues; “Come Visit the NYC Metropolis” ‘where you too can possibly be tossed in front of a speeding subway train’ by one of the hundreds of thousands of derelicts roaming the city and then actually survive; ‘talk about an exciting time!’ Or perhaps you can ‘witness and record’ on your smart phone one of those derelicts setting some young lady ablaze as she sleeps on a Subway Car Bench, and thus ‘record a memory of a lifetime’ that you can share with friends and family back home and your favorite social media platform, in order to allow them to see ‘what an amazingly unreal time you had visiting this Metropolis’ and get them all ‘so envious;’ so they too will plan their ‘next getaway’ to the “Wild and Off the Wall NYC!”
While the Communist Democrat Bitch Hochal says the subway is safe and she’ll fight President Trump every step of the way.
Someone throw her in front of a subway train please.!!!
I’ve had it with Communist Democrats.!
I agree and I said how that HAG Witch who was installed (Deep State Elitist Cabal) should have been locked up long before now! She is actually EVIL!
I’m sorry but the people need to start protecting themselves. These damn illegals need to be shot no arrest no trial just put them 6 feet under. Enough is enough of this crap of putting them ahead of US citizens legal citizens. it doesn’t pay to be born here or go through everything to become a legal citizen. There are no longer any benefits to being an American Citizen. You’re much farther ahead to be illegal & breaking the law to enter this country.
That’s true, I was just writing recently how some folks who worked all of their life and are now retired don’t have or can’t afford adequate health insurance coverage and that even after paying into Social Security all those years they still deduct out of your benefit each month payment for a complete so called plan parts A and B which if you don’t allow them to take that money off the top you only have emergency room or admitted to hospital coverage but not doctors care or clinics! So now these garbage pail savages from 150 plus nations just “storm in like it’s a FREE for all” which it “turns out it is” for them! They get a $2200.00 a month debit card account, free full medical the who enchilada, food vouchers, top rated hotel accommodations or apartments all paid for and many other freebees, but “we the citizens” who paid this “damned to hell evil criminal government” all of our working lives have to beg and take them to court if you think you should get a bit more than the “dribble and couple of bones they toss out to us” while these “scum bag Senators and Congressional Reps,” get increases all the time in pay and benefits while they don’t even need anything more, they are RICH!!!
So yea if you’re not an American Citizen and in this nut house you get so much for “doing NOTHING,” Except being an invading criminal! But “if you did all the right things your whole life” you’re lucky to get “a symbolic pat on the back and receive your earned basic Social Security check every month,” which “you paid for;” that barely gives you enough to survive let alone pay for all of your basic needs!
Learn to love what you voted for!
Charlie you are exactly correct. I take it the Seattle in your name means you’re a WA resident, so you probably are used to living in Liberal idiotville. I do not feel sorry for anyone living in the communist ran cities because stupid is as stupid does!